Chess
When the Board Stops Being a Board: A Story from a Magazine and the Games Nobody ToldThere is a strange silence in the professional chess world that I only notice...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams at a Board Without SpectatorsI once sat in a chess hall in Moscow on a winter afternoon where there were n...
Scandinavian Defense: The Time-Saving Weapon for Club Chess PlayersIn the world of chess, the arms race in opening theory never ceases....
Three Olympiads, Three Gaprindashvili Cups: India's Depth and the Story Medals Don't TellSamarkand, final round. On board three of the Indian women's team, a teenager...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: Carlsen's Name and a Data VacuumThe Delhi night was hot enough that the ceiling fan only stirred the air...
Empty Spreadsheets and the 'No Issue Detected' Trap: Notes from a Chess Analysis RoomThere is a moment inside an analysis room that I still remember with perfect...
Sixty Minutes for Bent Larsen: When Chess Openings Are Packaged Like Consumer GoodsThe video disc sat snugly in its case, its cover bearing the face of a man wh...
The Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: What Sits Behind the "Carlsen Plays It Too" PitchLast Saturday, at a chess cafe on Phan Xich Long Street, I sat next to an...
Gukesh on Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: the move of a team with too much depthRound three in Samarkand. The electronic scoreboard flickers, and in the midd...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 'Antidote' That Ships Without a Single GameA headline about round two of a team event in Samarkand. A body text about a...
46th Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Gold at the Largest Olympiad in HistorySamarkand, September 16. When the entry list for the 46th Chess Olympiad was...
Board Four: Gukesh's Silent Move and the Board-Order Equation at the Chess OlympiadThe Indian team list for the Chess Olympiad went up on a quiet afternoon. Fou...
Gukesh on Board 4, Humpy Leads India's Women: Decoding the Olympiad Board OrderWhen the All India Chess Federation published its board order for the Chess...
5.e5 and “Knight magic”: When an Opening Line Gets Packaged for SaleOn a Thursday night the chess room in Da Nang held four people and one tickin...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India defends its crown, what tactical gaps need filling?Samarkand, autumn 2026. Eighty thousand miles from Budapest, where two years...
Knight Magic and the Data Gap: When an Opening Move Is Sold on BeliefIn a club tournament in Chengdu last month, I stayed behind to watch a...
Samarkand 2026: The Slow Game of a Generation Born After 2026Samarkand, autumn 2026. Along the street leading into Registan Square, wooden...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown and Bets on the Gukesh GenerationA pure Vietnamese sports news article of approximately 5309 words built from...
6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners: 140 Teams at a Board Without SpectatorsI once sat in a chess hall in Moscow on a winter afternoon where there were n...
Scandinavian Defense: The Time-Saving Weapon for Club Chess PlayersIn the world of chess, the arms race in opening theory never ceases....
Three Olympiads, Three Gaprindashvili Cups: India's Depth and the Story Medals Don't TellSamarkand, final round. On board three of the Indian women's team, a teenager...
The 60-Minute Scandinavian Defense Course: Carlsen's Name and a Data VacuumThe Delhi night was hot enough that the ceiling fan only stirred the air...
Empty Spreadsheets and the 'No Issue Detected' Trap: Notes from a Chess Analysis RoomThere is a moment inside an analysis room that I still remember with perfect...
Sixty Minutes for Bent Larsen: When Chess Openings Are Packaged Like Consumer GoodsThe video disc sat snugly in its case, its cover bearing the face of a man wh...
The Scandinavian in 60 Minutes: What Sits Behind the "Carlsen Plays It Too" PitchLast Saturday, at a chess cafe on Phan Xich Long Street, I sat next to an...
Gukesh on Board 4 at the Chess Olympiad: the move of a team with too much depthRound three in Samarkand. The electronic scoreboard flickers, and in the midd...
King's Indian Defense: The 9...a5 'Antidote' That Ships Without a Single GameA headline about round two of a team event in Samarkand. A body text about a...
46th Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Gold at the Largest Olympiad in HistorySamarkand, September 16. When the entry list for the 46th Chess Olympiad was...
Board Four: Gukesh's Silent Move and the Board-Order Equation at the Chess OlympiadThe Indian team list for the Chess Olympiad went up on a quiet afternoon. Fou...
Gukesh on Board 4, Humpy Leads India's Women: Decoding the Olympiad Board OrderWhen the All India Chess Federation published its board order for the Chess...
5.e5 and “Knight magic”: When an Opening Line Gets Packaged for SaleOn a Thursday night the chess room in Da Nang held four people and one tickin...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India defends its crown, what tactical gaps need filling?Samarkand, autumn 2026. Eighty thousand miles from Budapest, where two years...
Knight Magic and the Data Gap: When an Opening Move Is Sold on BeliefIn a club tournament in Chengdu last month, I stayed behind to watch a...
Samarkand 2026: The Slow Game of a Generation Born After 2026Samarkand, autumn 2026. Along the street leading into Registan Square, wooden...
Chess Olympiad 2026 in Samarkand: India Defends a Double Crown and Bets on the Gukesh GenerationA pure Vietnamese sports news article of approximately 5309 words built from...